Membership Strategy & Operations Intern

The ACS Membership Strategy & Operations Department is composed of six individuals, and this intern would primarily work with the Director and Program Manager for Acquisition.

Position Summary

The Membership Strategy & Operations Intern will support the department's efforts around membership growth, engagement, and driving member upgrades. The ideal candidate has an interest in developing and executing strategic objectives, working with qualitative and quantitative data to drive decision-making, and collaborating with others.

The ideal candidate will be a college junior or senior working towards a bachelor's degree in chemistry, marketing, or the social sciences that has a keen interest in marketing and communications, relationship-building, developing and
implementing strategy, organizational management, and constituent engagement. This person will have strong written and oral communication skills, possess the ability to organize and adapt while engaging with different projects and groups of colleagues, display a willingness to collaborate with others and learn about organizational management. This person will maintain strong accountability for their work. Past volunteer experience, especially in a leadership position, is helpful. Roles will include but not be limited to:

- Supporting outreach to ACS global membership community by helping the Membership Strategy & Operations Department work towards achieving annual growth goals
- Present non-member and non-paid constituents with compelling value propositions to get them to convert to being a paid member
- Identify and validate patterns and assumptions around collected research and data
- Collaborate with various team members to create and review marketing copy, written/visual reports, and social media content
- Work across departments to assist in ensuring a clear, cohesive approach to membership acquisition and upgrades
- Work within ACS member database and ecommerce systems to pull data and share with leadership
- Meet regularly with colleagues across the society and help document action items
- Assist with organizing and shipping ACS meeting materials
- Possible other administrative tasks as needed

Education Requirements:
The Ideal candidate will be a rising college junior or senior pursuing a major in Marketing, Social Sciences, Chemistry

Required Qualifications:
* Currently pursuing a major in Marketing, Social Sciences, Chemistry

Please complete the following survey as part of your application: 2025 ACS Summer Intern Questionnaire

Pay Transparency: This role is based in our Washington, D.C. office. The following are the intended hourly rates for this part time/nonexempt role: Rising Junior-$23.00; Rising Senior-$24.00; Current Grad/PhD Student- $27.00.

Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.

*This position will be primarily based in the Washington D.C. (or applicable) office. ACS employees work a hybrid work schedule, consisting of working onsite, two days per week. Schedule flexibility may be required for this role to support in-office activities. While always welcome to work in the office, employees may work the other three days of the week from a location of their choice.